In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penhurst like this:
PENHURST, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; 3¾ miles W by N of Battle r. station. Post-town, Battle. Acres, 1, 462. Real property, £848. Pop., 105. Houses, 19. The property belongs to the Earl of Ashburnham. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Ashburnham, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is early English, and has a small tower.
Penhurst through time
Penhurst is now part of Rother district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rother has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penhurst itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penhurst, in Rother and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8890
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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